To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
To make a sale.
To move so that an opening is closed.
To grapple; to engage in close combat.
To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
To come to an end.
To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
To obstruct (an opening).
To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
To turn off; to switch off.
The common staircase in a tenement.
A cathedral close.
The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
An end or conclusion.
A grapple in wrestling.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
A double bar marking the end.
A street that ends in a dead end.
Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
Marked, evident.
Intimate; well-loved.
Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
At a little distance; near.
Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
Hot, humid, with no wind.
Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
Narrow; confined.
Short.
Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
To create a slot (narrow aperture or groove), as for example by cutting or machining.
To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
To fall, or cause to fall, into a crevasse.
To assign something or someone into a slot (gap in a schedule or sequence)
To put something (such as a coin) into a slot (narrow aperture)
To put something where it belongs.
To kill.
The inside of the "rim" or semicircular copy desk, occupied by the supervisor of the copy editors.
A broad, flat, wooden bar, a slat, especially as used to secure a door, window, etc.
The vagina.
A channel opening in the stator or rotor of a rotating machine for ventilation and insertion of windings.
The track of an animal, especially a deer; spoor.
A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm; a crevasse.
A space in memory or on disk etc. in which a particular type of object can be stored.
A rectangular area directly in front of the net and extending toward the blue line.
A period of time within a schedule or sequence.
A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it.
A metal bolt or wooden bar, especially as a crosspiece.
An implement for barring, bolting, locking or securing a door, box, gate, lid, window or the like.
The barrel or tube of a wave.
A slot machine designed for gambling.
The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.
In a flying display, the fourth position; after the leader and two wingmen.
The allocated time for an aircraft's departure or arrival at an airport's runway.